1 Timothy 3:12

Deacons must be husbands of one wife ¹  and good managers of their children and their own households.

A deacon must be the husband of but one wife and must manage his children and his household well.

Deacons must be husbands of only one wife, and good managers of their children and their own households.

A deacon must be faithful to his wife, and he must manage his children and household well.

Servants in the church are to be committed to their spouses, attentive to their own children, and diligent in looking after their own affairs.

Let Deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well.

Let deacons be married only once, and let them manage their children and their households well;

Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Deacons must be husbands of one wife ¹  and good managers of their children and their own households.

¹ tn Or “men married only once,” “devoted solely to their wives” (see the note on “wife” in 1 Tim 3:2; also 1 Tim 5:9; Titus 1:6).